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HELSINKI, Finland - A gunman opened fire at a vocational school for adults in western Finland on Tuesday before shooting himself, police said. Finnish media reported nine people were killed and the gunman was wounded.
WASHINGTON - Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said Wednesday that Democrats were out of bounds for criticizing John McCain when he said the fundamentals of the economy are strong.
NEW YORK - Google Inc.'s announcement last year that it would give away software that could run cell phones was met by dizzy accolades from analysts who thought it would let the search engine company conquer the world of mobile advertising.
NEW YORK - Robert Wagner's marriage to Natalie Wood was known to all. His love affair with Barbara Stanwyck was a secret until now. In his new memoir "Pieces of My Heart," Wagner writes of his four-year romance with the star of such classics as "Stella Dallas" and "Double Indemnity."
WASHINGTON - Next year, the penny will be getting not just one new look but four of them, the first changes to the 1-cent coin in 50 years. The U.S. Mint unveiled the new designs during a ceremony Monday at the Lincoln Memorial. The coin changes are part of the government's commemoration next year of the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth.
SAN DIEGO - Philip Rivers, LaDainian Tomlinson and the rest of the San Diego Chargers simply left no doubt. Frustrated by two gut-wrenching losses, the Chargers raced past nemesis Brett Favre and the New York Jets for a 48-29 victory Monday night in a wild game befitting two original AFL teams.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told the U.S. Congress Tuesday that financial markets are under severe stress and urged immediate action to buy up hundreds of billions of dollars worth of tainted mortgage assets.
LONDON (Reuters) - A sale of Lehman Brothers' European arm loomed as the next step in Wall Street's transformation on Tuesday as the main architect of a $700 billion U.S. financial sector rescue plan warned lawmakers not to slow its progress.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China vowed to stop toxic milk from reaching processors and export markets after tainted infant powder made more than 54,000 children sick in a scandal that has mired the nation's trade reputation in fresh crisis.
HELSINKI (Reuters) - A male student shot dead several people at a vocational school in western Finland on Tuesday before killing himself, local authorities said.
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Barack Obama proposed reforms on Monday to rein in practices that led to the worst U.S. financial crisis since the Depression, while White House rival John McCain touted his own remedies and accused Obama of failing to provide leadership.
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia said Tuesday it had shot down a Russian reconnaissance drone just south of the breakaway region of South Ossetia, but Russia denied the claim and accused Tbilisi of "provocation."
BEIJING (Reuters) - China urged "flexibility" in the North Korean nuclear dispute Tuesday, avoiding harsh words a day after Pyongyang made fresh moves toward possibly restarting a nuclear complex at the heart of the dispute.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China avoided commenting directly on the election of hawkish Taro Aso as Japan's new leader, with a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman saying on Tuesday only that good ties were in the interests of both countries.
HELSINKI (AFP) - Nine people were killed when a gunman went on a shooting rampage in a Finnish trade school Tuesday, Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen said at a press conference.
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Eleven South African government ministers have resigned following President Thabo Mbeki's decision to step down under pressure, the presidency said Tuesday.
TBILISI (AFP) - Georgia on Tuesday claimed to have shot down a Russian drone near the South Ossetia rebel region and a key east-west pipeline, as President Mikheil Saakashvili was to address the United Nations.
NEW YORK (AFP) - Global markets sent a warning Tuesday that the clock is ticking for a 700-billion-dollar US rescue plan, with stocks again dropping amid political crossfire in Washington over the Wall Street bailout.
BEIJING (AFP) - The Chinese company whose tainted baby milk triggered a food safety scare that has drawn in 53,000 sick children failed to report complaints about the product for months, state media said Tuesday.
MANILA (AFP) - Nearly two billion people in the Asia-Pacific region will be at risk from dengue fever unless governments do more to fight the debilitating disease, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday.
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin, (AFP) - Democrat Barack Obama warned the Wall Street meltdown was no mere "accident of history" but proved the need for sweeping change to purge the waste and abuse staining US politics.
Nearly two-thirds of Americans (63%) favor a government guarantee of universal health insurance, even if it means raising taxes; 34% are opposed.
LONDON (AFP) - Two bluestone fragments found at Britain's prehistoric Stonehenge monument could prove that the mysterious stone circle was once a centre of healing, archaeologists said Monday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Saturn's rings may be more massive and older than previously thought, researchers said on Tuesday.
SAN DIEGO - Philip Rivers, LaDainian Tomlinson and the rest of the San Diego Chargers simply left no doubt. Frustrated by two gut-wrenching losses, the Chargers raced past nemesis Brett Favre and the New York Jets for a 48-29 victory Monday night in a wild game befitting two original AFL teams.
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson urged Congress on Tuesday to quickly pass a $700 billion financial bailout, warning that letting problems persist would have dire consequences for the national economy.